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Get into the ring! How this works...

This is easy! Each week on Thursday I post my homily idea...my main focus for preaching this coming Sunday. What I am hoping for is a reaction from people in the pews. Does my "focus" connect with your daily life, faith, and experience? Or not? Either affirm the direction I am going in (by giving me an example from your life) or challenge me, ask for clarification! Questions are the best! Reaction rather than reflection is what I'm looking for here. Don't be afraid, get in the ring. Ole!

Monday, December 6, 2010

December 5th Homily

The homily from last Sunday, Dec. 5th, is in the library. Well...actually it's a summary because "mr. technology" pushed the wrong button at Mass.

This is not a comment but rather a thank you to all of you that follow " The Matador Ring" on the weekends. I do not know your name, I do not even know you,but make sure you know your comments are very uplifting to me and they give me the opportunity to know myself a little better.You are helping me in my journey. THANK YOU.Special THANK YOU to Fr. Ed, our Pastor, his encouragement is contagious. I wish you a very peaceful ChristmasSeason and happiness for the year 2011.Gitana

I imagine the activity of this recorder. We have at our computer everything happening at St. Alberts,I think this is a hard work on Fr.Ed. A couple of pushing the wrong button it is expected and more to come... His ability to rectify and allowing us to listen to his short summarized homily is truly a blessing.Hope you are not upset, I do not even consider it a mistake.

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Why the Matador?

Like the matador and the matador's cape, the homilist and homily have a goal which is to incite: to move in a particular direction. Like the cape, the preached Word must be brilliant and attractive - powerful enough to draw. However, the homilist and homily can never be the final destination of the worshipper. The assembly must be able, as the Spanish say,to pass by and through the preaching into the Mysterious Encounter with God which is the Eucharist.